4 Amendments of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2016/2024(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its continued strong support for the programmes in the field of education and culture,, training, sport, culture and youth and calls for the allocation of sufficient commitment and payment appropriations to ensure their proper implementation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that any funds allocated through the financial discipline mechanism to the crisis reserve in the agricultural sector of the 2017 budget that are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the following budgetary year; requests that all available margins under Heading 2 be reserved for the agriculture sector particularly given the continuing crisis in the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector and the Russian embargo and significant health risks in the plant and animal sector; notes that the impacts of the agricultural crisis are particularly severe in Areas with Natural Constrains;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that additional financial resources are needed for the milk, pig meat and fruit and vegetable sector in order to alleviate any potential impact arising from the crisis or from the Russian embargo; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors are in need of increased funding, e.g. bee keeping; highlights the importance of school milk and school fruit programmes; proposes a small increase in the appropriations for this program in line with Parliament’s objectives; reminds that EU´s ongoing trade negotiations with countries having substantial exporting potential in agricultural products may increase the need of funding for European producers in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the new action under the Creative Europe Programme on "Support for refugees integration", nevertheless, calls for a more concrete actions to be taken in the area of recognition and validation of the qualifications of refugees and asylum seekers in order to power them with the possibilities to contribute to the EU labour market and to the society in general as soon as possible after their arrival to the host country.